By Darryl Greer A lawyer for tenants of a mobile home park on Songhees First Nation reserve land on Vancouver Island says his clients are “absolutely crushed” after losing a lawsuit challenging their evictions. A ruling posted Tuesday says the residents of E. George Estates Manufactured Home Park have lived there for decades, and believed they’d have a “long-term or perpetual interest” in the lands even though they didn’t own the properties. The park was established in the 1970s and the Songhees First Nation took control of it in 2019, then moved two years later to end tenancies of the plaintiffs who are not members of the nation. The ruling says the reserve is overcrowded and the First Nation wants to develop the lands for “much-needed housing for its members,”… <\/p>\n
By Darryl Greer A lawyer for tenants of a mobile home park on Songhees First Nation reserve land on Vancouver Island says his clients are “absolutely crushed” after losing a lawsuit challenging their evictions. A ruling posted Tuesday says the residents of E. George Estates Manufactured Home Park have lived there for decades, and believed they’d have a “long-term or perpetual interest” in the lands even though they didn’t own the properties. The park was established in the 1970s and the Songhees First Nation took control of it in 2019, then moved two years later to end tenancies of the plaintiffs who are not members of the nation. The ruling says the reserve is overcrowded and the First Nation wants to develop the lands for “much-needed housing for its members,”... <\/p>\n